Igor Sergun

Igor Sergun (28 March 1957-3 January 2016) was Director of the GRU from 26 December 2011 until his death on 3 January 2016, succeeding Alexander Shlyakhturov.

Biography
Igor Sergun was born on 28 March 1957 in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union. In 1973 he enlisted in the Russian Army and worked in intelligence since 1984, serving in various positions in the GRU, including as a military attache in Albania in 1998 while serving as a colonel. On 26 December 2011 he was promoted to be director of the GRU, and he was working on an assignment in Lebanon when he suddenly died in Moscow, Russia on 3 January 2016 at the age of 58.